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Serena Williams clinches 16th Grand Slam

Serena Williams won her second French Open title on Saturday, 11 years after her first triumph, defeating title-holder Maria Sharapova…

Mandela ill again, back in hospital

Former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, was readmitted to hospital on Saturday with a renewed lung infection and is…

Alleged mastermind of brutal police killing arrested

Nigeria’s military on Friday said they had arrested the “mastermind” of an April attack that killed 11 policemen and raised…

4 chiefs charged with theft of Halliburton largese

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has charged four persons: Saro Manson, Stepbere Kristen, Hannah Baghabo and Chilsom Uwazie,…

Slain UNIBEN student shot in the chest

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Claims by the police in Benin that Ibrahim Momodu, student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, who was…

NAMA recalls Oshiomhole’s copter after being airborne

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The war against Nigerian governors embarked upon by federal agencies appears to be unending, following the recall and…

One Killed, Two Injured As Container Drops In Sango

One person was killed Friday afternoon while two others were seriously injured when a truck carrying a container lost control…

CNN’s Inside Africa Explores Nigeria’s Cultural Diversity

Inside Africa, CNN’s weekly programme that explores the diversity of different cultures, countries and regions will be showcasing and exploring…

Delta Police Intercept 5 Suspected Robbers

Five suspected robbers have been intercepted by the Delta State Police Command at the Asaba bridge head of the Onitsha…

Doctor Sent To Prison Over N11m Fraud

A medical doctor, Dr. David Moroundiya, 42, has been arrested by the operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, at…

Taskforce Arrests 46 Touts

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested 46 suspected touts collecting illegal…

Female Students Barred From Wearing Bra To Exams

More than nine million students packed exam halls across China for the opening day of the country’s university entrance exam…

I Have Snatched 10 Cars In 3 Months —Gang Leader

Babatunde Ahmed Fadipe, a 36-year old car snatcher, has confessed to snatching 10 cars in three months. Fadipe, a member…

Sex Workers Move To Akute

Akute, a town in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, has become a colony for commercial sex workers. Like other developed cities…

5 Soldiers Guard 1 Foreigner Against Kidnapping —Minister

The Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godsday Orubebe has disclosed that five soldiers guard one road construction expatriate in the…

Okonjo-Iweala: Nigeria owes external creditors $6.67b

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Finance Minister puts Nigeria’s external debt at $6.67 billion and domestic debt at over $42billion in…

Boko Haram: NEMA helps Nigerian refugees in Niger

Nigeria’s emergency agency said Thursday it has sent relief items to its fleeing nationals in nearby Niger following an ongoing…

The Putins, Russia’s first couple announce divorce

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Thursday announced their divorce after three decades of marriage, in a stunning…

ICPC Closes Case Against ex-PDP chairman

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Thursday concluded cross-examination of former…

Police Exhume Slain UNIBEN Student For Post-Mortem

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Following public outcry and demand by family members of Ibrahim Momoh, the final year Laboratory Science student of…

Court sets date for Amaechi’s challenge of PDP

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A high Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Nigeria’s oil state of Rivers has accepted to…

Fashola’s aides under fire on Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge toll

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE It was a heated debate at the floor of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday as…

Governor Aliyu insists Amaechi beat Jang

By Femi Adi/Kaduna Niger State Governor and Chairman of Northern States Governors Forum,NSGF Babangida Aliyu has insisted that the outcome…

ACN’s NEC Overrules Suspension Of National Officer

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has overruled the suspension of a national officer by…

Kidnapped MD, Son Freed

The Managing Director of Smartpoly Products Ltd and Tokslordmart Ltd, Martins Adams, who was abducted along with his seven-year old…

Corps Members Protests Unpaid Allowance

Members of 2012 Batch B National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Nasarawa on Wednesday protested the non-payment of their…

‘Technical Education, Panacea For Nigeria’s Development’

Government at various levels have been advised to strengthen technical and vocational education in the country. This is to address…

Exam Fever Grips Leadcity Students

The students of Leadcity University, Ibadan, are preparing for their second semester examination and they have kept attending one tutorial…

Babcock Varsity Produces 52 First Class Graduates

No fewer than 52 students graduated from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State with First Class honours on Sunday. Relatively, 1,059…

Crown Natures Trains Corp Members

Crown Natures Nigeria Limited in a bid to create and add economic value to the lives of members of the…